he'll also be in raleigh that night as well. i thought about inviting them to carol at my doorstep, but i felt it might be a little too awkward.

12/9/2009 9:27:10 AM

Quote :

"that Love Language/Foreign Exchange "battle" was one of the coolest things i've seen in a while. both bands killed it"

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=1AF3AB1A1D280A74&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL

12/16/2009 5:00:52 PM

Love Language was definitely better all night, and you could tell they put a lot more time and thought into the different rounds.. but I still enjoyed Foreign Exchange. also lol'd at the confused look on a lot of black people when Mike Dillon was rapping

12/16/2009 5:12:17 PM

The power of "Tickle Party" cannot be comprehended.

12/17/2009 6:29:52 AM

Vampire Weekend @ the Peel April 6th

[Edited on January 5, 2010 at 1:05 PM. Reason : not the 4th]

1/5/2010 12:57:13 PM

http://www.newraleigh.com/articles/archive/hopscotch-music-festival-coming-to-downtown-raleigh-in-september-2010/

Quote :

"Mum has been the word recently on the upcoming music festival that the Independent Weekly has been planning for 2010. The local independent paper which covers events and culture throughout the Triangle has decided to focus their attention in Downtown Raleigh for a large scale, multiple day, multiple venue music festival. The event will be called Hopscotch and will occur from September 9th-11th in multiple indoor music venues in Downtown Raleigh as well as a big “main stage” presence in City Plaza on Fayetteville Street. Lots of local acts are being courted as well as some VERY big names in the national music industry. If the Indy comes through with some of the names that have been flirted with, and I’m a very confident they will, Hopscotch could become one of the South’s premier music festivals this year and in future years. Over the past 5-10 years music festivals have become very widespread throughout the country, most of which are outside on some large vacant land. Hopscotch will be different. It will be urban and celebrate Raleigh as an emerging metropolis and a center of musical buzz. The shift towards Raleigh as the center of this buzz seems to be solidified by the Indy’s choice to hold the fest in downtown. That or the fact that Raleigh as a metropolis will bring in more attendants. Both SPARKcon and Cherry Bounce are versions of this urban music festival. Cherry Bounce expanded to multiple venues and multiple days this year and MusicSPARK is only one arm of the cultural octopus that is SPARKcon. Hopscotch has a few things on both of these in that it will focus solely on music but has the backing of the Independent and sponsors. All three will assumingly happen in September/October this year and hopefully Raleigh can handle all three or all three can merge in some way to create a massive “South by Southeast”, with a much better name I’m sure. We look forward to the first year and hope that it exceeds every expectation that has been whispered our way. The Triangle has been waiting for something like this for a long time. A preview of performers will be announced and tickets (which will be tiered from single passes to full festival passes) will go on sale in mid February. "

1/5/2010 3:22:28 PM

I know which "large" bands I'm hoping for

[Edited on January 5, 2010 at 3:29 PM. Reason : that's better]

1/5/2010 3:25:29 PM

^^official announcement/website drop will be February 17th.

1/5/2010 3:31:38 PM

In other words, I'm going to show up at Grayson's house fifteen times a night until he tells me.

1/5/2010 4:08:21 PM

any band speculation on Hopscotch?

1/5/2010 4:46:57 PM

I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and say Grizzly Bear and Spoon headlining.

1/5/2010 4:51:01 PM

im going to go with a band like mgmt/grizzly bear or something.

something hipster.

1/5/2010 4:55:12 PM

"Something hipster"?

Do you expect them to put some bland mainstream shitshow as the headliner at their shiny new festival?

The Indy is booking this, not Deep South.

On top of that, don't act like Grizzly Bear is some underground group that ten people have heard of. Veckatimest debuted at #8 on Billboard.

1/5/2010 4:58:27 PM

megafaun / lonnie walker / rosebuds friday pour house

1/5/2010 4:59:24 PM

megafaun / hnmtf / rosebuds saturday pour house

both shows are sold out

1/5/2010 5:01:04 PM

or







you pick.

1/5/2010 5:04:24 PM

i heard vinylbandit and the bleep bloops have a show coming up, too.

1/5/2010 5:06:38 PM

somebody has to be able to get me a ticket to the Friday night show

1/5/2010 5:09:20 PM

you don't need a ticket to the -/- show.

1/5/2010 5:12:30 PM

Hopelessly vague predictions:

Group A is a band that people on this board will think are not good enough to justify their successes, but are the BIG FUCKING DRAW that'll have jerks driving from Greenville and SC and Wilmington.

Group B is a band that is, very likely, absolutely phenomenally huge to the same people who don't really give two shits about Group A. Conversely, large portions Group A's huge fan base have never even heard of Group B.

New indie darlings gone big and old indie darlings now largely ignored.

1/6/2010 7:06:05 AM

That sounds about right.

1/6/2010 8:26:40 AM

hipsters.

Quote :

""The new philosophy of racial role reversal was transcribed by many popular hipster authors of the time. Norman Mailer’s 1957 pamphlet, entitled "The White Negro,"[5] has become the paradigmatic example of hipster ideology. Mailer describes hipsters as individuals "with a middle-class background (who) attempt to put down their whiteness and adopt what they believe is the carefree, spontaneous, cool lifestyle of Negro hipsters: their manner of speaking and language, their use of milder narcotics, their appreciation of jazz and the blues, and their supposed concern with the good orgasm."[6]" Some scholars, such as Eric Lott, describe this new philosophy as based on "the twentieth century reinvention of ... homosocial and homosexual fascinations."[7] In Gay communities it is widely regarded as fact that gay culture was popularized, especially among men during this period. "

see visual below.

1/6/2010 9:07:43 AM

lol

1/6/2010 11:16:12 AM

are you people gonna see Wilco in March? Can't decide.

1/6/2010 11:44:51 AM

just pop the cd in, close your eyes, and think about how ugly jeff tweedy is.

saved you some cash.

1/6/2010 11:54:28 AM

but see I know someone with coke points that are good for money at the Miami Fillmore, that they will give me.

or I could get a Fanta T-Shirt.

http://www.mycokerewards.com/itemDetail.do?itemId=9191&WT.z_flt1=all&WT.z_flt2=all&WT.z_flt3=all&WT.z_flt4=251-500+Points&WT.z_ppartner=Fanta&WT.z_pclick=1&WT.z_promo=rwd_Fanta+Unisex+Orange+Cotton+Tee+9191_thmb_76x76

1/6/2010 11:57:39 AM

got wilco tickets

1/6/2010 12:36:53 PM

My point is there ain't nothin' hipster 'bout Grizzly Bear no more.

1/6/2010 1:31:35 PM

don't hipsters hate Grizzly Bear by now?

1/6/2010 1:33:12 PM

No, but Jay-Z loves that shit, and Jay-Z is not a hipster.

1/6/2010 1:37:53 PM

I've seen a video of him at a Grizzly Bear show, lol.

1/6/2010 1:40:53 PM

aren't labels fun?

1/6/2010 1:52:27 PM

1/6/2010 1:54:38 PM

Quote :

"don't hipsters hate Grizzly Bear by now? "

yes.

its too popular.

hipsters like things you haven't heard of. and when you hear of it, they no longer like it.

1/6/2010 2:29:09 PM

good music is good music

popular or not

1/6/2010 2:32:38 PM

1/6/2010 3:11:08 PM

1/6/2010 3:12:24 PM

idk, i always found/find gb to be intensely boring.

in complete contrast to all my friends who i share musical interests with

1/6/2010 3:57:06 PM

Grizzly Bear is much more interesting when Michael McDonald is the lead singer.

Compare and you'll see what I mean:

1/6/2010 4:03:07 PM

Anyone possibly looking for an extra ticket to the Rosebuds show sat night? I have a friend that might back out and is looking to sell his ticket.

1/8/2010 7:52:34 PM

Beach House & Washed Out - May 1 at Cradle

JOANNA NEWSOM - March 25 at Carolina Theatre

Tix for both on sale Friday.

1/11/2010 8:24:31 PM

just saw about Beach House

STOKED

1/11/2010 8:37:53 PM

Quote :

"Beach House & Washed Out - May 1 at Cradle JOANNA NEWSOM - March 25 at Carolina Theatre Tix for both on sale Friday. "

will be at both

Grayson told me a few of the bands they were considering for the festival but i can't remember which were confirmed. i know early on they were looking at Sharon Jones, Black Keys, Spoon... a few more

1/11/2010 10:53:40 PM

something tells me Washed Out is gonna be disappointing. i'm psyched for Beach House though.

is joanna newsom worth the $$$?

1/12/2010 8:29:31 AM

today i bought tickets for of montreal, then black joe lewis and the honeybears.

today, i am excited.

1/14/2010 1:46:54 PM

^^ Everyone I know who saw her in Greensboro a couple of years back said it was fantastic.

1/14/2010 1:50:32 PM

yeah i saw her up here a few years ago, whenever ys was relatively new and it was... pretty awesome

1/14/2010 1:52:36 PM

Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band at Pour House on Saturday

1/15/2010 12:30:38 AM

Front row Joanna Newsom tickets procured.

Oh hellz yes.

1/15/2010 11:06:12 AM

tonight

volume 11

Jucifer

Colossus

Husky

Irata

The Daegoba System



I LOVE colossus. i havent heard jucifer's music yet, but come on, theyre called jucifer. clearly great potential. same for daegoba system and husky.

i assume the order i put up there^ (copied from volume 11's website) is saying that jucifer is headliner. show starts at 8.

1/15/2010 11:26:01 AM